On June 11, Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS hospital for a routine check-up on the advice of the doctors.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Photo: Facebook)
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, along with his family members, visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), on Monday and enquired about the health condition of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The 93-year-old former PM is undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi.
Along with my family members, visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and enquired about the health condition of former Prime Minister, Shri A.B. Vajpayee, who is undergoing treatment there. #atalbiharibajpai
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) June 18, 2018
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Naidu spoke to the family members of Vajpayee at the hospital. He was also briefed by the doctors on the condition of the former Prime Minister.
The doctors informed the Vice President that Vajpayee’s condition was stable and that he was improving.
The doctors informed me that Shri Vajpayee’s condition was stable and improving. Also spoke to the family members of the former Prime Minister. #atalbiharibajpai
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) June 18, 2018
On June 11, Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS hospital for a routine check-up on the advice of the doctors.
While Vajpayee’s condition is now stable, his health issues began from the time he was the Prime Minister of India, a stroke in 2009 had impaired his speech.
Hardly seen in public anymore ever since, Vajpayee, who is counted among the tallest leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been confined to a wheelchair and reportedly has difficulty in recognising people.
A parliamentarian for over four decades, Vajpayee has been elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament of India) ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha (upper house).
Vajpayee was Prime Minister briefly in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. He is the first and the only non-Congress leader till date who completed his full term as Prime Minister.
Born on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior, Vajpayee entered politics during the Quit India movement in 1942. He was also the first external affairs minister to deliver a speech in the UN Assembly in Hindi.
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